Adjustment device.



D. ODONNELL.

ADJUSTMENT DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED MAY2,1918.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914,

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DOMINIGK ODONNELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTMENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1.8, 1914.

Application filed May 2, 1913. Serial No. 765,018.

To all 4127mm) it may concern lie it known that I, DOMINION ODonnnnn, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Adjustment Device, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to mens trousers, drawers and like garments, andits object is to provide a new and improved adjustment device for use onthe vaistband of the garment and arranged to allow convenientadjnsti'nent of the waistband to properly fit the waist of the wearer.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of a tape or bandextending lengthwise of the waistband and secured at one end to thewaistband, the other end of the tape having a doubled-up portion forminga loop engaging an eye attached to the waistband a distance of the tape,and a slide made of a single piece of sheet metal :t'ashioned to form arectangular frame provided with spaced cross bars intermediate the endbars of the frame and spaced therefrom to provide end openings, the saidcross bars being spaced apart to form a middle opening between the same,and one of the cross bars forming an attaching bar for the terminal ofthe doubled-up portion of the tape, the latter passing through the saidend openings and overlying the said. cross bars at the front thereof,the said clamping cross bar ranging toward the fixed end of the tape andbeing provided with a clamping member extend ing from the inner edge ofthe said clamping cross bar and bent over onto the back thereof towardthe fixed end of the tape, the doubled-up portion of the tape passingthrough the middle opening from the back of the slide and extending overthe front of the said clamping cross bar and through the end openingadjacent thereto, the terminal of the doubled-up portion being clampedto the back of the clamping cross bar by the said clamping member.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the adjustment device as applied to thewaistband of a garment; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional from the fixedend plan view of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is anenlarged sectional plan view of the same, on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.;Fig. l is a face view of the blank from which the slide formed; and Fig.5 is a rear pcrspective view of the slide.

The adjustment device illustrated in the drawings, is shown applied tothe waistband A of a mans trousers, drawers or similar garment B, andthe adjustment device consists essentially of a tape or a band C and aslide G for lengthening or shortening the tape C, as hereinafter morefully explained. One end of the tape C is sewed or otherwise secured atD to the waist band A, and the other end. of the tape has a doublei'l-upportionC forming a loop ongaging an eye E sewed or otherwise fastened atF to the waistband A a distance from the Iixed cnd D of the tape Csomewhat less than the length of the tape C.

The tape is lengthened or shortened by the use of a slide G, preferablymade of a single piece of sheetmetal fashioned to form anapproxii'nately rectangular frame, having end bars G, G and top andbottom bars G G The top and bottom bars G, G are connected with eachother intermediate the end bars G, G by cross bars G, G spaced from theend bars Gr, G to form end openings H, H, and the said cross bars G, Gare spaced apart to form a middle or a central opening ll In making theslide, the n'iaterial at the middle of the blank is struck up to formthe opening H and to provide a clamping member G which extendsintcgrally from the inner edge of the cross bar G and is bent over ontothe back of the said cross bar G" to form with the latter a clampingdevice for securing the terminal of the doubled-up portion C in positionbetween the bars Gr", G".

In niainifactiiring the adjustment device, the tape C is passed throughthe end openings H, H from the rear of the slide so that the tapeoverlies the cross bars G, G at the front of the slide, as will bereadily understood by reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The doubled-upportion C passed through the eye E is passed through the middle openingIl from the back of the slide and then is passed over the front of theclamping cross bar G to have its terminal clamped between the said bar Gand the clamping member Gr (see Fig.

It will be noticed that by fastening the end after being of thedoubled-up portion C around the clamping cross bar G6 in the mannerdescribed the strain on the tape is taken up by the clamping cross bar Gand the member GT is not liable to tear out or become loose. It willfurther be noticed that by arranging the slide G on the tape C in themanner described the slide can lengthwise of the tape to the right or tothe left, it being understood that when the slide G is moved to theright the tape is shortened to reduce the size of the waist band, andwhen the slide G is moved to the left the tape is lengthened to let outthe waistband to fit a larger sized waist.

The adjustment device shown and described is very simple inconstruction, and can be cheaply manufactured and readily applied towaistbands and the like requiring adjustment relative to size so as toproperly fit the wearer.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: I

In combination, a waistband, a tapeextending lengthwise of the saidwaistband and secured at oneen d to the waistband, the other end of thetape having a doubled-up portion forming a loop, an eye attached to thewaistband a distance from the fixed end 3e readily moved of the tape,the said distancebeing less than the length of the tape, and a slidemade of asingle piece of metal fashioned to form a rectangular frameprovided with two spaced cross bars intermediate the end bars 3 of theframe and spaced therefrom to form end openings with the said end bars,the said cross bars being spaced apart to form a middle opening betweenthe same and one of the cross bars forming an attaching bar for theterminal of the doubled-up portion of the tape, the latter passingthrough the said end openings and overlying the said cross bars at thefront thereof, the said attaching cross bar being toward the fixed endof the tape, the doubled-up portion of the tape passing through themiddle opening from the back of the slide and extending over the frontof the said attaching cross bar between said bar and the type andthrough the end opening adjacent thereto, the terminal of the doubled-upportion being secured to the back of the said cross bar. In testimonywhereof I ha e signe-d my name to this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses. j

DOMINICK ODONNELL. Witnesses TH'EO. G. Hos'rER, PHILIP D. RoLLnAUs.

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